I Am The Fury

 
First Listen: 'Muppets: The Green Album' : NPR
 

I work at one of the coolest places in New York, in my opinion.  One my greatest benefits is the team of creative, aware, thoughtful, and just plain cool people who work here.  People who know that there's a cover album of the Muppets with some truly inspired takes on some very deep material.  O.K. Go's cover of the theme ...

A short poem to commemorate this special day of Fall. Please forgive the dramatic sentiment. The days, shorter suddenly, seem smallWhen spent in the company of all.And yet, fire fed my forthrightness.The decision made, I spoke.I heard a proclamation like an echoAnd still, fire fed my fastidiousness. The stakes at their highest, I chose to leaveWithout knowing how you see me,And still, fire fed my fortitude. ...

ExpositionI used to watch, without wavering week-after-week, the trials and tribulations of the tumultuous Star Ship Enterprise (NCC-1701D...not the original); in other words, I ogled actors whose names slide off the slick, celebrity-stricken ears of most Americans: Wil Wheaton, Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Marina Siritis. And as I tuned-in, these characters, caught in catastrophe-upon-catastrophe, played out their lives for years. I came to them for solace. I came ...

Today, I found this song listening to a Lada Gaga Pandora station (don't ask). Interesting, I think.Here's the original: http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Break+Your+Heart+featuring+Ludacris+/2N73Oj"Break Your Heart"Now listen to me babyBefore I love and leave youThey call me heart breakerI don't wanna deceive youIf you fall for meI'm not easy to pleaseI might tear you apartTold you from the start, baby ...

I suppose I'm a preposterously-prolific peddler of musicality this evening. This one just happened by accident, truly. I had lit my celebratory cigarette, smoked for a second, and started to pay the (panned-right) guitar line. Lo and behold, the left side appeared, and lyrics spilled out like so many sequins.I hope you can dig it. If you say I sound like Iron & Wine-meets-Postal Service-meets-James Taylor, I'll take it all ...

Here's another much-need, late-night diddy for my faithful Furious. It's inspired by a song I did a few years back that I was never really happy with. I heard this in my head and just the line 'I'm not the only one...' and voila! 4 hours later, this little package arrived by digital stork. Usual suspects here: keys played on my iPad, tracks in Garageband (using the built-in mic, which ...

In talking with the gents tonight after work, I realized there is NO reason NOT to post a creative work born quickly. This is a work in progress, people. And it's completely recorded, mixed, and mastered on the iPad using the built-in microphone.Enjoy (but beware - the volume is a little high). Lyrics to follow... Interloper by jhampton "Interloper" (started 3/17/2010)The sun came out today and slowly Everything had ...

Dear Faithful Furious,Many moons have passed, many suns have shone, but still the Fury lives on. My last post, though laden with lauds and latent understanding (let alone a myriad of lonely and mawkish murmurings), was heavy for this beleaguered but burgeoning blog. This will not follow suit nor suit those stuck in 'samey', saccharine situations.I post instead a Furious Verse...some random poem from deep within. But ...

My dearest Furious,I have been buried under work and blinded by the barrage of the banal for lo these many months. But I have a brief moment to share a shame and speak my soughts. I hope many fewer months may pass before my meandering mind's musings find a place here.First, a Furious confession: I had not, until a few days ago, listened to a single Martin Luther ...

My dearest Furious,My recent release from employment has allowed me ample opportunity to ponder life's little puzzles. I turn my fury to one such problem this morning: crowdsourcing.Last I heard, Crowdsourcing was a cool "2.0"-style name for a work pattern with which we're all familiar, namely cooperation. I think the pundits would be quick to quip that the novelty lies in _where_ the work ...